Dynamics of Secular Changes of Total Body Sizes of Mongolian Children for the Last 20 Years

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Gundegmaa Lkhagvasuren
Ph.D.
E.Z. Godina
professor, Dr.Biol.
Altantsetseg Lkhagvasuren
associate professor, Ph.D.
Bat-Erdene Shagdar
postgraduate
National Institute of Physical Culture of Mongolia, Ulan-Bator, Mongolia
Scientific research institute and Museum of anthropology Lomonosov's MSU, Moscow, Russia
Russian state university of physical culture, sport, youth and tourism (SCOLIPhC), Moscow

Key words: Mongolian children, physical development, secular shift, anthropometry.
The study of the secular trend is one of the most important tasks of biological anthropology.
The purpose of the research was to study the dynamics of secular changes of total body sizes of Mongolian children for the last 20 years.
Generally, the examined indices of Mongolian children tend to increase in the last 20 years, proving the continuation of acceleration process of somatic development in the studied population.

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